Category: Media Coverage
ALBANY - Despite enacting a state hiring freeze, the Paterson administration created a $140,000-a-year job for a recently retired Queens assemblyman. Ivan Lafayette, 78, was named deputy superintendent for community affairs at the state Insurance Read More
Questions emerged Wednesday about the affordability of the Utica City School District teachers’ contract, which adds retirement health benefits not seen in the district for 30 years. The school district has not yet worked up an estimate of just Read More
Troubles on Wall Street will no doubt challenge Main Streets across the Lower Hudson Valley, and many leaders from local governments and school districts are bracing for difficult times. Although the severity of the financial fallout and its effec Read More
New York's government still easily qualifies as dysfunctional, and property taxes remain exorbitant - just last week, updated Census Bureau figures put Westchester as tops in the nation for property taxes paid, with Rockland ranking sixth, and Putnam Read More